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I'm in a rut...
Do you ever just get in a rut? Do you feel like life is passing you by? Do you think one day you're going to look back at all of the time you lost not doing something great/fun/worthwhile?
Well, that's how I'm feeling right now. I think it's mainly my job. Don't get me wrong, it isn't bad, just not great. Decent pay (could be better, of course), good benefits, no one watching my every move, but boring, boring, boring. Some days I have nothing at all to do all day long, and my bosses know this!
So thoughts run through my mind whether I should do something else, or be happy that I have a job without headache. The thing is that I don't know what it is I want to do. Ugh, help, or at least tell me you've felt this way before so I don't feel so bad.
Re: I'm in a rut...
Yes, I feel like that from time to time. It normally isn't work that has me feeling that way, but life at home. I get in a cooking rut, a tv rut, a "we're sitting on the couch and not even talking" rut. Once in awhile, we have to remind ourselves to shake things up. Last night, we went for cocktails at happy hour with some friends. It was refreshing and lovely.
Sometimes we have to make a sacrifice--a job that we enjoy that doesn't pay enough, or a job we hate that pays big bucks. Being bored and trying to save money, or being broke all the time while having fun. There has to be a balance, somehow.
Maybe you just need to do something fun and not think about work? It's 4bajillion degrees outside but there's got to be something fun and different you can do to shake you out of the rut
I have those ruts, too. Like Fuzzy said, mine are usually home life ruts.
I also agree with having something fun to do. While football season and it's funness is still a few weeks away, maybe a good girls night or night out with lots of beer will help?
I totally did this at one of my previous jobs.
Yes! All the time lately, especially on nights like tonight where the patients were all in a bad mood, I spent half the night charting and the other half being bored only to get my RN ID lanyard wrapped around my neck by a dementia patient with amazing upper body strength 30 minutes before my shift ended.
Its night like tonight I wonder if I can really do this for the next 28ish years to get full retirement benefits. I dunno, when I was in school it seemed like I always had something to look forward to, holiday breaks, semester finals, graduation, etc. Now I just have work, all the time and nothing to look forward to but more work